New International VersionThe cities in the Negev will be shut up, and there will be no one to open them. All Judah will be carried into exile, carried completely away.

New Living TranslationThe towns of the Negev will close their gates, and no one will be able to open them. The people of Judah will be taken away as captives. All will be carried into exile.

English Standard VersionThe cities of the Negeb are shut up, with none to open them; all Judah is taken into exile, wholly taken into exile.

Berean Study BibleThe cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.

New American Standard Bible The cities of the Negev have been locked up, And there is no one to open them; All Judah has been carried into exile, Wholly carried into exile.

New King James VersionThe cities of the South shall be shut up, And no one shall open them; Judah shall be carried away captive, all of it; It shall be wholly carried away captive.

King James BibleThe cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

Christian Standard BibleThe cities of the Negev are under siege; no one can help them. All of Judah has been taken into exile, taken completely into exile.

Contemporary English VersionThe cities in the Southern Desert are surrounded; no one can get in or out. Everyone in Judah will be taken away.

Good News TranslationThe towns of southern Judah are under siege; no one can get through to them. All the people of Judah have been taken away into exile."

Holman Christian Standard BibleThe cities of the Negev are under siege; no one can help them. All of Judah has been taken into exile, taken completely into exile.

International Standard VersionThe towns in the Negev will be closed up, and there will be no one to open them. All Judah will be taken into exile and be completely exiled.

NET BibleThe gates of the towns in southern Judah will be shut tight. No one will be able to go in or out of them. All Judah will be carried off into exile. They will be completely carried off into exile.'"

New Heart English BibleThe cities toward the Negev are shut, and there is no one to open them: Judah is carried away into exile, all of it; it is wholly carried away into exile.'"

GOD'S WORD® TranslationThe cities in the Negev will be locked up, and there will be no one to reopen them. All the people of Judah will be taken away into captivity.

JPS Tanakh 1917The cities of the South are shut up, And there is none to open them; Judah is carried away captive all of it; It is wholly carried away captive.

New American Standard 1977 The cities of the Negev have been locked up, And there is no one to open them; All Judah has been carried into exile, Wholly carried into exile.

King James 2000 BibleThe cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive, all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

American King James VersionThe cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

American Standard VersionThe cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.

Brenton Septuagint TranslationThe cities toward the south were shut, and there was none to open them: Juda is removed into captivity,they have suffered a complete removal.

Douay-Rheims BibleThe cities of the south are shut up, and there is none to open them: all Juda is carried away captive with an entire captivity.

Darby Bible TranslationThe cities of the south are shut up, and there is none to open [them]; all Judah is carried away captive: it is wholly carried away captive.

English Revised VersionThe cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.

Webster's Bible TranslationThe cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them; Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

World English BibleThe cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.

Young's Literal Translation The cities of the south have been shut up, And there is none opening, Judah hath been removed -- all of her, She hath been removed completely --

Jeremiah 20:4For this is what the LORD says: 'I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.

Jeremiah 32:44Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah--the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev--because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD."

Jeremiah 52:27There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, The king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from her land.

Lamentations 1:3Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

Ezekiel 20:46"Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.

Zechariah 7:7Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the Lowland were inhabited?'"

Treasury of Scripture

The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

cities.

Jeremiah 17:26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 33:13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.

Joshua 18:5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.

shut.

Deuteronomy 28:52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

Job 12:14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

Judah.

Jeremiah 29:9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 52:27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.

Leviticus 26:31-33 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours…

(19) The cities of the south.--The term thus rendered (the Negeb) is throughout the Old Testament used for a definite district, stretching from Mount Halak northward to a line south of Engedi and Hebron. The strategy of Nebuchadnezzar's attack (as it had been of Sennacherib's, 2Kings 18:13) was to blockade the cities of this region, and then, when they were cut off from sending assistance, to attack Jerusalem.

Shall be shut up . . . shall be carried away.--Both verbs should be in the present tense, are shut up, is carried away.

Verse 19. - The rendering of the Authorized Version is substantially right, as the events referred to are obviously future. The tense, however, in the Hebrew, is the perfect - viz. that of prophetic certitude. Jeremiah sees it all in prophetic vision, as if it were actually taking place. The cities of the south; i.e. of the dry, southern country of Judah, called the Negeb - shall be [are] shut up - i.e. blocked up with ruins (as Isaiah 24:10) - and none shall open them (openeth them), because all Judah will have been carried captive. (For fulfillment, see Jeremiah 34:7.)